Audiology & Hearing Product News & Reviews | Cubex Audiologists

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The leading Danish hearing aid technology developer and manufacturer, Oticon is launching a new HearingFitness™ app later this year which is designed to help Oticon Opn wearer’s understand their “hearing fitness” and how their lifestyle & hearing aid usage could be impacting their overall health and wellbeing.

The new app will be available to wearers of the award-winning Oticon Opn™, the first internet-connected hearing aid which utilises the IFTTT (if-this-then-that) service to seamlessly connect a user to a variety of trigger-based services.

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With recent updates to the Oticon Opn hearing aids, the device is now fully rechargeable, fully connected and available on all modern smartphones. This hearing aid which connects to the If-This-Then-That (IFTTT) service has just become the first rechargeable hearing aid with open sound experience and NFMI & 2.4GHZ direct streaming.

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Oticon Opn™ was released in 2016, claimed to be the world’s first internet-connected hearing aid. The Oticon Opn™ has been available for iPhone users since it’s release and has now also been made available for all modern Android smartphones.

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The release of the iPhone X has caused much of a stir in the technology world and we don’t just mean because of the price tag. Apple promise a new and improved facial recognition software, which uses biometrics to map the users face to 30,000 invisible dots using the TrueDepth camera.

Whilst Apple are not actually the first to release a facial recognition feature on a smart phone, they are the first to promise absolute reliability and security, ensuring that the tech cannot be easily tricked using a photograph or a mask.

This is all sounds very new and exciting and it certainly seems to have shaken up the smart phone market since they announced the new feature.

What are biometrics?

Biometry is the application of statistical analysis to biological data. Biometrics is the measurement of people’s physical and behavioral characteristics for use in some way, currently mainly used for identification and verification.

Biometrics is a science we’re all becoming accustomed to in our day-to-day lives as technological innovation and personalization moves forward, such as fingerprint scanning on smart phones and biometric passports. And now, this technology has made its way to hearing aids.Read more…

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First came the fingerprint, then the retina scan. Now, it’s all about the ear! These distinct parts of our bodies are unique to every individual and because they are unique, they can be used for biometrics. But what exactly is biometrics?

Each ear is unique, each ear hears differently

Biometrics is the measurement of people’s physical and behavioral characteristics that are mainly used for identification and access control. It’s something we’re all becoming accustomed to as innovation and personalization moves forward. For example, many smartphones have an integrated finger scan; biometric passports are standard today- even photographs can be sorted according to facial recognition. And now, this technology has made its way to hearing.Read more…

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The treatment technology in the Oticon Opn™ hearing aid utilizes the IFTTT (if-this-then-that) service to connect your hearing instrument to any other internet-connected device. This means you can connect to your email, social media accounts, doorbell, smart home heating system or washing machine.

Oticon have provided some how-to video’s to help Oticon Opn™ wearers connect their device to the IFTTT services & connected devices around the home.

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Apple’s latest change to remove the headphone jack and replace the traditional plug-in ear phones with wireless AirPods has sparked some considerable conversation. AirPods could change the way we use headphones with its instant ability to connect to your iPhone as soon as it is turned on, to adjusting the volume of playback music, changing a song, getting directions by activating Siri or making a call wirelessly. We have been using this type of advanced wireless technology to make life easier for people with hearing loss for some time! Could forward-thinking companies like Apple be making connected hearing devices the ‘thing’ to wear?

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The latest hearing aid from Widex, the BEYOND™, has arrived. This is the Danish company’s first ‘Made for iPhone’ device providing wearers with a solution that not only delivers exceptional audiology, but also 2.4 GHz direct connectivity and leading-edge sound. Widex BEYOND™ is designed to be a highly personalised instrument that allows wearers to confidently and effortlessly live life on their own terms. No matter what their pursuits and passions.

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Phonak Belong-R™ has been released – the first hearing aid to feature a specifically designed built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery which provides 24 hours* of hearing with one charge. In the modern world of reliance on rechargeable devices where daily charging is part of our daily routine, this is the first time rechargeable batteries could become a mainstay in the world of the hearing treatment technology.

Phonak Audeo™ B-R removes the hassles of disposable batteries and gives you the confidence of knowing that your hearing technology is charged and ready to take you through long days.